History was made when, for the
first time ever, the judges awarded the Kneesie-Earsie-Nosey
World Championship prize to two (very worthy)
recipients.

Brothers Ben Galloway (aged 7) and
Jack (aged 11) are from the Them Thar Hills Tent of
Carlisle.

Winners of the annual quiz, set by
Eric Woods, were Jonathan Hayward, Marion Grave, Dave
Wilkinson and Bill Bailey.

The Pointless game, devised by Gary and Jack Winstanley,
was won by a team called "Charles and Di" (sic). As always
Ian Parker was Master of Ceremonies.

Scholarly overtones came to the
fore when Antony Mitchell-Waite presented an enthraling talk
on Laurel and Hardy lookalikes, plays etc, ahead of his
forthcomimg books.

As usual, there were plenty of
Laurel and Hardy films on the screen, including a brand-new
Dirty Movie, put together by Julia Barlow. There was also an
ingenious YouTube short and we even saw every Laurel
and Hardy film (over 100 of them)!

Bowler Dessert
Online'sfacebookpage has a
linkto a fully
illustrated account of the day, from the organising
team.